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GA-00661 1966-02-25 De Nieuwe Limburger rel C

Gevechten in Djakarta (Fighting in Jakarta)

Fighting in Jakarta: students storm Sukarno's palace

De Nieuwe Limburger, 25 Feb 1966: students storm Sukarno's palace after the swearing-in of the new cabinet; Sukarno calls them 'madmen' and the cabinet is derided as a 'Gestapu cabinet'. A photo caption notes that KOWANI members also joined the mass gathering at the palace. Gerwani is not named.

GA-01267 1966-03-18 Leeuwarder Courant rel C

Sfeer van staatsgreep in Djakarta: Soebandrio in arrest (Atmosphere of coup in Jakarta: Subandrio under arrest)

Coup atmosphere in Jakarta: Subandrio under arrest

Leeuwarder Courant, 18 March 1966, p. 1: report on Suharto's army placing Foreign Minister Subandrio, twelve other ministers and Saleh in 'protective custody' after the 11 March order, with tanks aimed at the Merdeka palace, Adam Malik made acting foreign minister, and student demonstrations. Suharto cites trial testim

GA-01315 1966-03-19 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel C

Soekarno en Soebandrio onder bewaking: Indonesisch leger voltooit rustig greep naar macht (Sukarno and Subandrio under guard)

Sukarno and Subandrio under guard: Indonesian army quietly completes grab for power

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 19 March 1966, p. 1: report on Suharto's 'quiet 12-hour coup' that purged Sukarno's cabinet and arrested 15 ministers including Subandrio. A photo caption says Indonesian women loudly cheered the new regime at a Jakarta mass meeting. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00732 1966-09-10 De Tijd rel C

Verguizing van Soekarno (Vilification of Sukarno)

Vilification of Sukarno after loss of 'president for life' title

Commentary by C.H. Schaap in De Tijd (10 Sep 1966) on the campaign to vilify Sukarno after he lost the "president for life" title, including his private life and wives (Fatmawati, Hartini, Ratna Sari Dewi, Haryati). It says this is "a slap in the face for the Indonesian women's movement, which strives for monogamy"; Ge

GA-01537 1966-10-29 The Scotsman rel C licensed

Not the old Subandrio (The Scotsman, 29 Oktober 1966)

Not the old Subandrio (The Scotsman, 29 October 1966)

The Scotsman, 29 Oct 1966, 'Not the old Subandrio': profile of Sukarno's former foreign minister, condemned to death by a military tribunal for treason and bearing 'heavy responsibility for the rise of the PKI'. It traces his career and notes he is a scapegoat the Suharto regime can blame while Sukarno is retained for

GA-00574 1966-12-22 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Actie houdt aan tegen Soekarno (Action against Sukarno continues)

Action against Sukarno continues

Amigoe di Curaçao wire report, 22 Dec 1966: Indonesian chiefs of staff warn against illegal action as students demand Sukarno resign over the 1965 coup. A Mother's Day meeting of women's organisations at Sukarno's palace (organised by the PNI women's league) was boycotted by other groups including the women's action fr

GA-01268 1967-05-24 Leeuwarder Courant rel C

Achter het nieuws (Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia)

Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia

Leeuwarder Courant, 24 May 1967, p. 1: front-page background column on the persecution of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia after 1965, citing camps in Medan, roundups in Borneo, closed Chinese schools in East Java, and the mass killings of communists and suspects in which Chinese families died. The tone is stereotyping. Ger

GA-01370 1967-10-25 Tubantia rel C

Adam Malik op bezoek bij collega mr. Luns (Adam Malik visits colleague Luns)

Adam Malik visits colleague Luns

Tubantia profile (25 Oct 1967) of Adam Malik on his visit to The Hague to meet Luns: Dutch plea for clemency for Subandrio, New Guinea, credit needs, his role against Sukarno. Notes that in 1965 Mrs Subandrio led a women's demonstration against Malik, then trade minister. Gerwani not named; context for Subandrio's wife

GA-01502 1969-01-14 Ottawa Citizen rel C licensed

Embassy tea for 40th anniversary of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Ottawa Citizen, 14 Januari 1969)

Embassy tea for 40th anniversary of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Ottawa Citizen, 14 January 1969)

Ottawa Citizen, 14 Jan 1969, p.31 (women's page): a one-paragraph social note that Mrs. I. Darmo Bandoro will host a tea at the Indonesian embassy residence on 21 Jan 1969 for the 40th anniversary of the Indonesian Women's Movement. The rest of the page is unrelated social and advertising copy. Gerwani is not mentioned

GA-02334 1969-07-08 Daily World rel C licensed

Indonesia now a boom for foreign firms, banks

Daily World, 8 July 1969: Indonesia now a boom for foreign firms, banks

Daily World, 8 July 1969, p. 10: William J. Pomeroy (London) and the Foreign Department on British 'withdrawal' from bases in Singapore and Malaysia, and on Indonesia's opening to foreign capital after the 1967 investment law and the 1965 massacre of up to 566,000 Communists. Lists US oil firms and banks returning and

GA-00735 1970-06-22 De Tijd rel C

Grootheidswaanzin (Megalomania)

Megalomania: retrospective on Sukarno after his death

De Tijd retrospective on Sukarno's megalomania (22 Jun 1970, after his death): his second marriage to Hartini in 1954 provoked opposition from the monogamy-minded women's movement, then the 1965 coup, Suharto's rise, the March 1966 transfer of powers and the PKI ban. Gerwani is not named.

GA-00736 1970-06-22 De Tijd rel C

Grootheidswaanzin (Megalomania)

Megalomania: retrospective on Sukarno after his death (second copy)

De Tijd retrospective on Sukarno's megalomania (22 Jun 1970, after his death): his second marriage to Hartini in 1954 provoked opposition from the monogamy-minded women's movement, then the 1965 coup, Suharto's rise, the March 1966 transfer of powers and the PKI ban. Gerwani is not named. Duplicate of GA-00735.

GA-01503 1971-12-17 Ottawa Citizen rel C licensed

Embassy coffee morning to commemorate the Indonesian Women's Movement (Ottawa Citizen, 17 Desember 1971)

Embassy coffee morning to commemorate the Indonesian Women's Movement (Ottawa Citizen, 17 December 1971)

Ottawa Citizen, 17 Dec 1971, p.31 (women's page): a short social note that Mrs. I. Darmo Bandoro will hold a coffee morning on Wednesday 29 Dec at 11 a.m. at the Indonesian embassy to commemorate the Indonesian Women's Movement (the Mother's Day anniversary). The remainder is unrelated (toy torture kits, Christmas safe

GA-02227 1972-01-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Soal Pertapolan (Soal tapol)

Tempo, 1972: The political prisoner problem

Tempo article (online archive, dated 1972) on the political prisoner (tapol) problem: Archbishop Leo Soekoto urges society to help, Amnesty and the Red Cross press Jakarta, Buru resettlement of about 5,000 Group B prisoners is presented as the best option, and officials still see ex-PKI as a threat. No Gerwani content.

GA-00588 1972-06-21 ANP Radiobulletin rel C

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 21-06-1972 (Women to Buru)

ANP news report, 21 June 1972 (Women to Buru)

ANP radio bulletin, 21 June 1972: 700 Indonesian women and their children will join husbands detained on Buru, where 10,000 alleged communist men have been held for three years. Suharto allowed family reunification, limited to one child per woman; more groups to follow. Gerwani not named but relevant to the fate of pol

GA-02228 1972-09-30 Tempo rel C licensed

Laput G30S/PKI (Laporan utama G30S/PKI)

Tempo, 30 September 1972: Cover story G30S/PKI (editor's note)

Short Tempo editor's note (30 Sept 1972) introducing a cover story on alleged underground G30S/PKI activity, with reporters in Central Java and an interview with Jakarta commander Poniman. It describes the editorial process only; the report itself is not included. No Gerwani content.

GA-01330 1973-09-22 NRC Handelsblad rel C

Hollands Dagboek, donderdag 13 sept. (Dutch Diary, Thursday 13 Sept.)

Dutch Diary, Thursday 13 Sept. (Willem Oltmans)

Willem Oltmans's 'Hollands Dagboek' in NRC Handelsblad (22 Sep 1973), entries 13-20 Sept. Covers his New Guinea/Luns campaign, Hatta, Pertamina corruption, Chile 1973 compared to Indonesia 1965 mass murder, and Nasution's letters about Aidit shared by Dewi Sukarno. Lists imprisoned Indonesian writers and journalists. N

GA-00737 1974-02-08 De Tijd rel C

Een politieke vechtersbaas (A political fighter: Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno)

A political fighter: profile of Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno in Paris

De Tijd profile by Anton Koene (8 Feb 1974) of Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno in Paris, who is serialising her memoirs to clear Sukarno's name over the 1 Oct 1965 coup, rebuts the Widjanarko report in Dake's book and criticises Suharto's regime. Gerwani and Gerwani women are not mentioned.

GA-02335 1974-04-09 Daily World rel C licensed

Asian scholars panel, political prisoners in Philippines and Indonesia

Daily World, 9 April 1974: Asian scholars panel on political prisoners in the Philippines and Indonesia

Daily World, 9 April 1974, p. 3: page with several items; the Indonesia-related part is a short report that an Association of Asian Scholars panel on martial law in the Philippines (3 April; Kerkvliet, Stauffer, Manglapus) also raised political prisoners in the Philippines and Indonesia. Other articles cover the Vietna

GA-02336 1975-07-03 Daily World rel C licensed

WFTU condemns jailings of Indonesian workers, SOBSI ban

Daily World, 3 July 1975: WFTU condemns jailings of Indonesian workers and SOBSI ban

Daily World, 3 July 1975, p. 5: page of mixed US labour news; the Indonesia item (Prague) reports the WFTU condemning the imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners in Indonesian military compounds and demanding that the ban on SOBSI be lifted, calling both violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

GA-02337 1975-11-04 Daily World rel C licensed

PKI leader dies in Nusakambangan camp, 100,000 political prisoners

Daily World, 4 November 1975: PKI leader dies in Nusakambangan camp; 100,000 political prisoners

Daily World, 4 Nov 1975, p. 10: among short news items, a report that Zain Nasution, 50, PKI central committee member and former secretary of its foreign affairs commission, died on 3 October 1975 in Nusakambangan camp after ten years' imprisonment. The PKI estimates at least 100,000 political prisoners face 'slow deat

GA-00579 1976-04-10 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Verleden jaar: AI bevrijdt 1688 pol. gevangenen (Last year: Amnesty frees 1,688 political prisoners)

Last year: Amnesty frees 1,688 political prisoners

Amigoe di Curaçao, 10 Apr 1976: the Curaçao branch of Amnesty International adopts three prisoners, including Sri Kusnapsiah, 67, imprisoned in Indonesia for over ten years. No organisation is named in the text, but the case is of interest as a long-term woman political prisoner from 1965. Also reports 1,688 releases i

GA-02230 1976-12-11 Tempo rel C licensed

Tapol Dibebaskan (Tapol dibebaskan)

Tempo, 11 December 1976: Political prisoners released

Tempo brief (11 Dec 1976) on release of another 2,500 G30S/PKI prisoners; all 540,000 Group C released, leaving 1,821 Group A, 27,132 Group B, 2,041 Group X. Sudomo says about 500,000 were killed 'but by the people'. Mentions 10 middle-aged women among 319 Group B freed in Jakarta; no Gerwani named.

GA-02338 1977-12-21 Daily World rel C licensed

Indonesia prisoner release, PKI statement

Daily World, 21 December 1977: Indonesia prisoner release, PKI statement

Daily World, 21 Dec 1977, p. 8: short item that the PKI analysed the Indonesian government's release of 10,000 Communist political prisoners, saying perhaps 60,000-70,000 remain jailed, many since 1965, at least 15,000 died in Palembang and Surabaya camps, and new arrests roughly offset releases. Surrounded by unrelate

GA-01539 1978-07-27 The Times rel C licensed

Jakarta releases 8,000 political prisoners (The Times, 27 Juli 1978)

Jakarta releases 8,000 political prisoners (The Times, 27 July 1978)

The Times, 27 July 1978, p.6, whole page of overseas news; the relevant item reports (Bandung, 26 July) that more than 8,000 political prisoners, communists jailed since the 1965 coup attempt, were released across Indonesia, about 4,000 in Bandung. They were 'B'-class prisoners who could have been tried; Colonel Sardjo

GA-01308 1979-01-12 Nieuwe Winterswijksche Courant rel C

Jeugd soos Chi Chi Club (Youth club Chi Chi: Amnesty evening on Indonesia)

Youth club Chi Chi: Amnesty evening on Indonesia

Nieuwe Winterswijksche Courant, 12 January 1979, p. 9: youth-club notice of an information evening with Amnesty International Winterswijk, screening a film on political prisoners in Indonesia. It states that after six generals were murdered in October 1965, the army killed half a million people in four months and arres

GA-02339 1979-10-11 Daily World rel C licensed

2000 Indonesian political prisoners released

Daily World, 11 October 1979: 2,000 Indonesian political prisoners released

Daily World, 11 Oct 1979, p. 7: world-news column; the Indonesia item reports that 2,000 political prisoners were released from 'special camps' in Jakarta-reported news, most held since 1965-66, with another 2,000 from Buru to follow. Indonesian democratic sources call it positive but note ex-prisoners lose civil right

GA-02231 1980-10-25 Tempo rel C licensed

Kecaman untuk tapol (Kecaman untuk tapol)

Tempo, 25 October 1980: Criticism of Tapol (Carmel Budiardjo vs Derek Davies)

Tempo piece (25 Oct 1980) on the polemic between British activist Carmel Budiardjo, editor of the Tapol bulletin in London, and Far Eastern Economic Review editor Derek Davies, who criticised her past communist links and new sponsors. Concerns advocacy for ex-G30S prisoners; no Gerwani content.

GA-03546 1982-10-30 Berita Harian (Singapore) rel C

Naib Presiden wanita bagi Indonesia (Berita Harian, 30 Oktober 1982)

A woman vice-president for Indonesia? (Berita Harian, 30 Oct 1982)

Berita Harian (Singapore) AFP report, 30 Oct 1982: seven Indonesian women figures may be named candidates for vice-president to replace Adam Malik. Only the lead is available; the sweep notes S.K. Trimurti among them, which the snippet does not show and is unconfirmed. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02232 1984-10-06 Tempo rel C licensed

Kisah-Kisah Oktober, 1965

Tempo, 6 October 1984: Stories of October 1965

Long Tempo feature (6 Oct 1984), New Order-era 'scattered stories' of 30 Sept-1 Oct 1965 told by witnesses: Catherine Panjaitan, Dewi Sukarno, Bambang Wijanarko, Mangil, Roeslan Abdulgani, Sugandhi, Salim Said, Syu'bah Asa. Frames events as a PKI coup and describes army/RRI takeover. Gerwani is not mentioned.